Daniel campbell



` @glatten tatesattnt @fitta DANIEL OAMEEELL,` OE ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY,ASSIGNOE TO HENRY i SEYMOUR AND ROBERT E. SEYMOUR, OE NEW YORK OITY.

lle/ters Patent No. 80,595, dated August 4, 1868.-

IMPROVEMENT IN PRUNING-SHEARS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Beit known that I, DANIEL CAMPBELL, of Elizabeth, in the county ofUnion, and Stateof New Jersey, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Pruning-Shears; .and I do hereby declare that thefollowing isn full, clear, andexact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspeciiication, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of my invention.

Figure 2 is an edge view of the same.

Similar letters of refcreneeindicate like parts.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement inpruning-shears, whereby the latter, when required, are renderedavailable as fruit-pickers; the construction of the implement being suchthat the picking-attachment will notinteri'erc in thc least with thepruning or cutting-mechanism.

In the accompanying sheet of drawingse A represents the handle ot' thedevice, which is of wood, and of any desirable length, and B is astationary blade, formed with a tang or Shank, C, which is4 screwed,bolted, or otherwise secured to the ,oute'r end of the handle A.

The blade B is of hook or curve-form, the concave edge being the face ofthe blade.

D is the movable blade ofthe shears, arranged to Operate' with a drawingcut, or to work on a fixed pin or fulcrum` The cutting-edge of the bladeD is of convex form longitudinally, and corresponds in form inverselywith the face-edge ofthe fixed blade B, (see iig. l.)

The blade D is provided witha curved shank, E, which is connected by arod, F, with a crank, G, on one end of a small Shaft, H, the bearing,a., of which is attached to the handle A, said shaft having a cross-arm,I, secured to its opposite end,vby which the shaft II is turned.

J is a spiral spring, one end of which is attached to the handle A, andthe other end to the crank G.

This spring has a tendency to keep the blade D open or cut from the xedblade B,.the,frmer being drawn. or moved toward B by turning thecross-arm I.

This arrangement or means for operating the movable jaw C is extremelysimple and ecient, and admits of the implement being 4constructed at asmall cost.

K represents what may be termed a holder, which is constructed ot' apiece of steel, at least thatwo'uld be the preferable material. i

This holder. has its Outer part, b, curved ,tmcorrespond to the concaveor face of the fixed blade B, and said holder is pivotod to thc innerpart oi' thc blade'B, as Shown at c.

The inner portion of the holder is nearly straight, as shown at cl, andthe remaining part, a, is bent nearly at rightangles with (Z, as shownclearly in iig. 1. t

The inner portion of the finger is fitted between two pins, ff, attachedto the shank E ofthe blade D.

By means of this connection, formed lbetween the holder and the Shank ofthe movable blade, the former is Operated from the latter, the outerpart, b, of the holder being made to move out from the fixed blade B, ashort time after D moves outward threrefrom, vand the part I1 of theholder being made to move toward B simultaneously with thc movement of Dthereto. .Y

The holder K is constructed in such a manner that its outer part, b,will lap over the face of B, and come in contact with the same beforethe whole length of the cutting-edge of D has passed the face of B,Vandhence it will be seen that, in cutting a fruit-stem from a branch, theholder K will Yclamp the Stem and hold it firmly after being severed,the holder and fixed blade B Serving as a clamp for effecting thisobject.

Thus it will be seen that by avery simple attachment, I combine apruning-shears with a fruit-picker, and Obtain an implement which willoperate equally as well in either capacity as an implement madespecially fot eitheof the above-named purposes. i

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The holder K, in combination withA the movable bladeD, and fixed blade B, of a pair of pruning-shears, when said holder isapplied or arranged so as to be operated automatically from the movableblade D, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

I further claim, operating the movablejaw D through the medium of thecross-arm I attached to the shaft; H, which is provided with the crankG, to which the spring Jand rod F are attached, all arrangedsubstantially -as shown and described.

The above specieation of my nyention signed by me, this second day ofJuly, 1868.

DANIEL CAMPBELL.

Witnesses: JAMES M. Hmmm, STANLEY G. MASON,

